ea0092ps2-17-04 | Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis 2 | ETA2023
Schonebaum Leonoor
, van Balkum Mathe
, Edward Visser W.
, van den Berg Sjoerd
, Peeters Robin
Background: Patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), a neuroendocrine tumour derived from the parafollicular C-cells, often present with metastasized disease. Survival strongly correlates with stage of disease at diagnosis, illustrating the need for early diagnosis. Calcitonin (CT), a well-established tumour marker for MTC, is limited by a high rate of false positives in the screening phase. Promising new markers for MTC are procalcitonin (PCT) and progastrin releasin...